EDUCATION
2006 Master of Fine Arts, Painting, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
2004 Bachelor of Arts, Fine Arts and K-12 Art Education, Luther College, Decorah, IA
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
2005 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Oxbow, Etching Workshop, Saugatuck, MI
2004 Ghost Ranch, one month Ceramics Workshop, Abiquiu, NM
2003 SACI, semester study abroad—studied Art History, Painting, Drawing, Florence, Italy
ART RELATED EMPLOYMENT
2007 Currently working as a Studio Assistant/Quality Control Facilitator at StoryPeople
• Responsible for organizing studio production for the internationally known
artist, Brian Andreas
• Responsible for orders coming in daily from hundreds of galleries
• Responsible of studio work and overseeing quality output
2004-2006 Graduate Assistant for the Kendall College Gallery Director
• Responsible for setting up Main Gallery exhibitions
• Responsible for researching future exhibiting artists
• Responsible for updating mailing lists using Excel
• Responsible for working with Scholastic Art Awards: packaging artwork and displaying final show
Graduate Assistant for the Continuing Studies Director at Kendall College
• Responsible for writing course proposals and course outlines for classes
• Responsible for typing press releases
• Responsible for editing and revising Continuing Studies Course Catalog
• Responsible for photographing students and student work for Course Catalog
Continuing Studies Instructor at Kendall College
• Taught and currently teaching Drawing Objects from Nature
• Taught and currently teaching T-Shirt Design: batiking, stamping, printing, and embellishing
2000-2004 Art Department Work Study Assistant at Luther College
• Responsible for setting up still-lifes, organizing artwork, and displaying student work
2003 Summer Internship at Clay Bay Pottery in Ellison Bay, Wisconsin
• Responsible for throwing, glazing, and selling pottery in the studio and gallery
ART RELATED EMPLOYMENT
2003 Set Designer for Portage High School musical, Portage, Wisconsin
• Assembled entire set design for the High School musical and assigned duties for the completion of the project
EXHIBITIONS
2007 Solo Exhibition at Schwalbach Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Baraboo,
Baraboo, WI
2007 Solo M.F.A. Exhibition, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
2007 Arts in Harmony ‘07, Elk River Area Arts Alliance, Elk River, MN
Jurors: Will Auger and Eric Ouren
2006 Portage Center for the Arts Show, Portage, WI
Curator: Joyce Gloeckler, Art Instructor
2006 Holland Friends of Art Exhibition, Holland Area Arts Council, Holland, MI
Juror: Mark Mehaffey, Art Instructor, Exhibiting Artist, Lecturer
2006 Scene Metro Space Exhibition, East Lansing, MI
Juror: Peter Richards, Metro Space Gallery Director
2006 M.F.A. Candidate Exhibition, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI Curator: Sarah Joseph, Kendall Gallery Director, Art Instructor
2006 2006 West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
Juror: Tim Lowly, Artist, Gallery Director, Instructor, and Artist-in Residence, NPU, Chicago
2006 Ex Libris Show, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
Jurors: Laurene Grunwald, Assistant Curator at Frederick Meijer Gardens, and Lori McElrath-Eslick, children’s book author and illustrator
2006 Solo Exhibition at Trails Lounge, Portage, WI
Curator: Pat Madani, Exhibiting Artist
2006 Two Person Show, Portage Center for the Arts, Portage, WI
2004 Professional Senior Art Exhibition, Union Gallery, Luther College, Decorah, IA
HONORS AND AWARDS
2007 Visiting Artist, guest lecturer at University of Wisconsin-Baraboo, Baraboo, WI
2006 Visiting Artist, guest lecturer and slide presenter for Senior Seminar Group, Luther College, Decorah, IA
HONORS AND AWARDS
2006 2nd Place Award, Holland Friends of Art Exhibition, Holland Area Arts Council, Holland, MI
2006 Interviewed, photographed, and work included in Kendall College’s Viewbook, Grand Rapids, MI
2006 Graduate Assistantship, Kendall College, Grand Rapids, MI
2006 Mercantile Gallery, currently selling paintings, Portage, WI
2005 West Michigan Scholarship, Etching Workshop through Oxbow of School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Saugatuck, MI
2005 Work Study Scholarship, Etching Workshop through Oxbow of School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Saugatuck, MI
2004 Art Scholarship, Luther College Art Department, Luther College, Decorah, IA
2004 Dean’s List, Luther College, Decorah, IA
2004 Cover Art--painting, Willow Springs, published creative writing literary journal